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J. CLIFFORD 8v J. H. GAVIN.

WASHOUT CLOSET RANGE.

Patented Feb 12', 1895.

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o.. wAsmN UNiTnD STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN CLIFFORD AND JOHN H. GAVIN, AOF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS TO THEL. VOLFF MANUFACTURING COMPANY, O'E SAME PLACE.

WASHOUT CLOSET-RANGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,062, dated February12, 1 895.

Application filed September 4, 1894. Serial No. 522,038.. (No model.)

vTo all whom t may concern,.-

v Be it known that we, JOHN CLIFFORD and JOHN H. GAVIN, citizens of theUnited States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook 5 and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washout Closet-Bauges, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in ro the construction of washoutwater closet ranges designed for use in school and other buildings.

The object of our invention is to provide a washout closet range of alsanitary construcr 5 tion by dispensing entirely With all woodworkexcept the seat and with the necessity of supporting or connecting theback or partition slabs by or with the walls of the building or by theuse of any Wood frame work in the range itself.

A further object is to provide a washout closet range of a strong,simple and durable f construction that may be easily manufactured andset up, and wherein the back and partiz 5 tion `slabs are supported onthe range itself independently of the Walls of the building.

To this end our improvement consists in a washout closet range of castiron or other suitable material having a series of partition 3o slabsand a back slab of like material, each of the back slabs being furnishedwith a horizontal iiange at its lower edge which rests directly upon andis bolted to the rim at the upper edge of the range, and to which hori-3 5 zontal flange the seats are directly hinged, so

' that the back and partition slabs are sup- -ported directly upon therange itself independent of the Walls of the building and withoutrpndering necessary the employment of any wooden frame pieces.

The invention also consists in the novel devices and novel combinationsof parts and devices herein shown and described and more particularlypointed out in the claims.

45 In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification,and in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure lis a perspective view of a washout closet range embodying our invention,and Fig. 2

'15o is an enlarged detail vertical cross section.

In the drawings A represents the closet range, the same being preferablyof cast iron and furnished with a rim or horizontal flange a at itsupper edge. As illustrated in the drawings two of these ranges arerepresented 5 5' as being set side by side.

B is the back slab, the same being furnished with one or more horizontalanges b at its lower edge according as the same is to be used with oneor two ranges A. As shown in the 6o drawings this back slab is furnishedwith two horizontal flanges b b as it is shown in connection with tworanges A A. The back slab B is preferably of cast iron and is secured tothe range A by threaded bolts b' passing 6 5 through the fiange b andthe rim a of the range. The partition slabs C C are also preferably ofcast iron and are each furnished with a marginal rim or flange cadaptedto fit upon the rim or ange a at the outer or front 7o edge of the rangeA and secured thereto by bolts c passing through said flange c and saidrim a. The back slab B is further provided with a series of verticalanges b2 to which the inner side edges c2 of the partition slabs 75 Care secured by bolts c3.

Each of the series .of seats D is hinged directly to the projectingflange b of the back slab B by a metal hinge D', one leaf or member ofwhich is secured by a bolt d directly 8o to the projecting flange andthe other leaf or member of which is secured to the seat on the underside thereof by a screw d2. As the flange b of the back B projects overthe interior edge of the range A, this affords a means 8 5 of hingingthe seat directly to the integral flange b'of the metal back B, and alsobrings the pivot and rear edge of the seat far enough away from thevertical back B to enable the seat to remain stable in its turned backpo- 9o sition, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.

E represents the discharge opening, andl F F the Water supply pipes forflushing the ranges.

G G are the metal legs or supports which are screwed to the door, andupon which the range as a whole is supported.

We claiml. The .combination with a closet range A rco having rim orflange a, at its upper edge, of a back B having flange b at its loweredge resting upon and bolted to the rim aof the range and projectingover the interior edge of the range, partition C having flanges csecured directly to the rim of the range, and seats D having hinges Dsecured directiy to the projecting flange b of' the back B,substantially as specified.

2. In a closet range, the combination with the range A, of a backprovided with a laterally projecting flange at its lower end and restingupon and secured to the range, and a seat hinged directly to theprojecting flange of the back substantially as specified.

In a closet range, the combination with the range A, of flanged back Bresting upon and secured to the range, partition C like- Wise restingupon and secured to the range, and a series of seats D hingedfto theflange of the back, substantially as specified.`

4. In a closet range, the combination with zo two parallel ranges A Ahaving rims or flanges a. a, of a back B having double flanges bbresting directly upon and secured to said ranges A A, and two series ofseats hinged to the flanges of said back, substantially as z5 specified.

JOHN CLIFFORD. JOHN H. GAVIN.

Witnesses:

H. M. MUNDAY, EMMA HACK.

